The Sun. — London, England, 1809-12-15 00:00:00

. . Orly in the wing —"Geii►lenieri,~ ii .be` comes my-Auly-now: to withdraW, iii 'orde'r 'to p - re-: Pare for oblicatioir, to-Morrolk, the terms you have had the goodn.e , s to agree to., and whiely I hope will. be the, feundation . of p laStirig good Understandint. between the public and the Managers. ' Allow me, - Gentlemen, to return you my warmest thanks for, the kind and polite treatment I have experienced Ititice I entered this.room." lle'Ch a i r man then proposed ,Mr. Kemble's Afealth, which was drank with much enthusiasm. Mr. Kemble then withdrew. • A Gentletnan then mounted the table, and Intl 'Mated that be rose to perform a most gracious task. The condu& of their worthy Chairman was too well known to require any'enlogiurn from him ; therefore he should content himself with the honour of pro posing the health of Henry Clifford t Esq. Mr. CHl ford's health . Was ,accordingly„drank, with three, its most cordial 'and enthusiastic style. Ct'.igFoiin then made a concluding speech to the company, in which, after adverting to the ob., 'nervations made upon his conduct by, Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD in the Court of Common. Pleas; and Mr. '..TAeKs in . the CorninOn• CoUncil, he returned his thanks for tlie honour which had been, done to him, and drank the health oft all present. He then re-. tired, and the company soon after' broke up. COVE) T-64RDEN TREATRE. Often as we have been disappointed in our wishes to see tranquility prevail in this Theatre, the event that took place yesterday. at the Crown and Anchor, (rin-*ecilitint of which will be found in another part of our paper), induces us to cherish the hope that those wishes are likely to be fully gratifieti. The dramatic pieces last night were, The Provoked Hus tad 'and. Tom 1 hunzb. ,There' was but a thin audi- COAIitON HALL. .ence, particu ar y in. tr , e pit. At be half-price pe tkid, however, that place was soon.tully occupied, and the usnal - clamourg began. But a Gentleman having informvd the people in that _place that Ir. KEillitE had ; attended at the (:;town and Anchor, and coneeded the points in contention, the feelings of ;the audience a new turn, and a . general iMpatience arid anxiety 'fo, the appearance of, Mr: . prevailed. He was loudli called for throtighout the The.ttre, add at • length, soon after the Farce began;,he came upon the Stage, in. his common morning dress, in a great coat and boots. - Theporrient•he appeared a tumult . hurst forth in all part's, but it was entirely of an amicable kind respecting him,. and the feelings of rage, which had ~'so long prevailed, seemed to be entirely converted into the most friendly sentiments, "KEMBLE for ever, and huzza,".‘vere heard in ' l l quarters.. As soon as he could obtain. a hearing, 13 e addressed the audience in the following manner : • " LADIES AND GENTLEME N ; " Being unexpeeedly cakd upon to appear be fore you, I beg most humbly to apologize tpr com ing forward in a dress:so little consonant to the re 6P,ect which I feel I owe to you. --[Here the ap plause w'ls loud' and general; and . for a time pre hottzl Mr. 'from proceeding. After ,a time, wever, he was allowed to -continue his expla nation.) " Ladies and G e ntlemen, I this day have bad tile. 110.0.0ur of attending on the Gentlemen who were sternbled to dine at the Crown and Anchor TaVern. so them I submitted the folloWing propositions, to 'nith they have wgreed, viz. That the price of ad '.ui&sion to the boxes should continue as at present, at 7s.—(General applause in the pit; some disap probation in the boxes )--That the admission to the Pit should be restored. 10-the.old price of 3s. 6 , 1., 040 re general applatve.) 7 -That the private boxes, Vhich now occupy.the front of the Theatre, and which were formerly open to the Public, are at the ' C lose of the Season' again to be restored and appro - Priat e d to the accommodation of the Pul*lic.—(Here the applause was almost universal.) "Ladies and Gentlemen (continued Mr.KEMBLE) , before I, retire, I beg leave publicly to declare, in , the name of the Proprietors, that they lameneexceed- I ngly what irregularities have unfortunately occurred, and anxious i ihat , no trace or recollection` of these unhappy differences may remain, I have the honour I n inform you, that the Proprietors have given di rections that .all legal proceedings on their part shall °e but a stop to."—(Loud, universal, and protract td applause, attended with shouts of ".ELEMBLE for ever! This spe e ch was received with very great applause; though not without some partial murmurs , butl4ll. XE MBL E retired from ,the stage - with warm tokens ()1 general approbation. As soon as he retired , however, a- new clamour burst forth, and the dis libission of Mr. BRANDON was vehemently demanded ° Y the audience in the Pit. The Performers in vain iternpted to proceed with the. Farce, and after these °‘arnonTS had lasted about a quarter of an hour, a' Paper v.:as' thrown on the. ,stages, , requiring Mr. SANDaN'S dismission, which Mr-MuSIDEN pro znised to convey to Mr. riEmBLIS. He returned, and told the audience he' had in vain sought' for Mr. kRbiBLE; and having retreated. towards the middle of the stage, Mr. BRANDON himself came forward. the loudest roar of disapprobation we ever heard le a - Theatre broke forth the moment he came upon the stage. He advanced to the front, and in the ghost re soe ati l l manner attempted to obtain a hear ing, but ' in vain. Still, however, he persevered in his endeavours to be heard, but the most furious and frantic 'menaces were all that could be heard, :anclhe was p e l te d w i t h t hr ee or four sticks, a bell, !Ada candle snatched from the Orchestra. Finding It in vain to expea a hearing, kind unwilling to expose himself to farther danger, he yotired bowing ' k b the most respeaful manner. He was immediate .succeededed by Mr. H ARRIS, jun. much to the cre dit of his feelings, as he was unable to resist, his L tr ixiety to protect . an 'old and faithful - Officer of the t heatre. He spoke in great agitation, and all that could be heard from him imported that Mr. BRAN ;ON was an old servant of bis father, and that what tr he had done that might have given offence,was the result of a zealous desire to protect that pro perty which had wholly been entrusted to his care. tese words were but partially heard, even by those i the front of the pit, -to whom they were chiefly 4ddressed, but it wk.s evident, from the general tone of feeling u hich prevailed, that if they had been gen erally heard, they would not have been attended with a more favourable result. o, A.fter Mr. HARRIS retired, the. Performers went mtOngh the reminder of the farce, but , without the The Persian Ambassador is • a person of a most noble and dignified deportment. He is handsome and elegant. He has a family, which is not cons.n tiered large,' of only sixty-three children ; but it is considered as a mask of peculiar good fortune, even in Persia, that he had six children born to him on one anti the same day. A house is taken Zvi his Excel lency is MaLufield-street. , .. east - iftentien, or rather during t • he; adverse clefitabirs i evilaiinnder which they laboured. The example sine of the - pit. : When the curtain dropped, a great ' ' - . e dignity of their fore-fathers called for such a stitSsgle . e , ~ , . , .. and the happy results Weald amply reward the exer bustle ensued, and somebo d y. addressed the audience Yestekday, in pursuance' of a requisition, .signed• elan. He was aatiatedep these sentiments by one tones. in the pit; but' amidst the buzz itwas impossible to ,by a numerous body of respectable Liverymen of a mon influence with his brother citizens.. This was the hear what he said; and seon,after the Theatre was ' London; the Lerd 'Mayor, at tended by 'the Sheriffs first time he had addressed theCerporation fOr thlra cleared. - . . . •4 and several Aldermen, easembled on :he Hustings teen y their indulgence. He . bad .only to eirs, and he trusted his presurieption would Thus affil's are brought to a new issue : the Pro - at Gaildhall, for thdpurpeee of taking into consider - prietors have conceded the main points to their op- al l ots the present deplorable situation of public affitirs; meet wit h repeat, that it was. his .anxisnis Wish': as. well 'as ponents, 'and the latter have'conceded something to the late disgraceful Expedition to the Scheldt; in the former, and the object which the hostile party which the blood and treasure of the country were that of the country, , that wise and discreet Counael s. seem now . to have in view is the dismissal of Mr. .most wantonly and shamefelly wasted , to Ille:in. lots should be chosen, to conduct" the public affairs; BRANDON—and on this point we feel it to be an aal jury of the character and honour of the nation ; and and that the public forces might not be wasted - in sae of justice, as well as of liberal feelings and hums- to adopt such measures as ' Might be deemed neces- disgraceful, and -improvident a enanner, as he had marked the measures and plans of thse•preeent Ada' nity, to say a few wordse—Mr. BRANDON has been,. sary to relieve the country from the horrors of its . upwards of forty years. in the service of Covent- prospects. Ministration ; who seemed more inclined to consult' their own aggrandisement than t he. peblic advantage'; Theatre, and during the whole o f that lon g , . The TOWN CLERK having s i g nified the. object of period, he has uniformly concluded himself with . the 'Meeting, and instead of being the real friends of the hang, hee came his most insidious enemies. diligence, zeal, and fidelity towards his employers, The LORD MAYOR advanced; and said, he felt pee ' He concluded, amidst loud applattses, by.movihg and has been . distingOished for his anxiety to ac- . culler satisfaction in complying with the wishes of, the following Resolutiopse-e- . . ~ •e. , ' corntnodate the public, no part of whom he has ' his fellow citizens, at whose request the Meeting offended till this , unfortunate occasion. The was convened. He expressed a confident hope, " That the enormous waste of treasure, and irniiroVident . vast property of the Theatre, with all its multi - that the Livery would hear with their 'wonted in- • loss of fives, in the late military Expedition , devised by hie Majesty's Ministers, excited the strongest feelings of indigna 'plied and complicaied domestic arrangements, so far dulgence every Gentleman who came forward to de- tion and alarm through all classes of his 111.ijesty's iubjeds. as its safety and. regularity are concerned, depend liver his sentiments on the subjett for consideration. "'Chat the whole, military trength and 'resources of - thit solely on hini.-e-All he .has done to incur there- kingdom had been drawn,forth to an ektria unparalleled la Such con d u ct , he said, was due to the credit of the , the history ofthe country, improVidently applied,d fatally sentment of those who require his dismission has City, and the dignity of their own charnaers. consumed hi enterprizes which were amen :td with no other Iseeu to preserve that Theatre which is •submitted, . advantages to Great Britain, - thap an unpiaitable display of At hi s • Lordship's re q uest, the _Requisition was to his protetlion, and he has exposed himself to- no valour, and a disgraceful wastenf blood and treasure; and then read. After which , during which Cala.tnitotts events, the Mini::•zerS at home wets small danger_ by his persevering zeal in the interests ' 11/r..FAVELL stepped forward to the front of t he squabb l i n g for places; and finally a lteiuititiwi supporting of those whoemploy him. Surely then the public . 1 jesty, 6Ul.citLag inqu.ry hustings, erne c l a imed- th e attention o , in general are animated by too high a sense of jus- into these evils, and descriptive of the present deployable, state ofthe country, and the imbecility of Nlinisters who have - : He •was received with general 'marks of satisfaction, tit and liberality to suffer a man to fall a victim - and dfollowingeffect • • the guidance of public affairs." - - --- - • • spoke to the :—He was inclined, to a sense of duty, and therefore eve trust that to- lhe said, to. say in the words of the Crier of the Court, . • Mr• Jot es Came forward to second the mofiote. night, as the chief causes of complaint are to.be re- sc le vee an t i • -attendance ... - ' e ' sl-le addressed the Livery in' a speech distinguished moved by consent on both sides, the true charader ynien, d ra w pear give- your , not, li of Englishmen will appear by a general oblivion of owever, on account of the individual. that ad-. for ar tine& t 'and 1 g t 1,• enforced tle necessity of union that :of the u sua l dressed them' al advocates for , rue City's rigbts i but for be felt his ability . far inferior lo end vigour among all' tanks and 'classes' to obtain the ry the past, and a total exemption from eve appear - .constitutional reform of abuses, and the inquiry into ance of persecution. - on account of the magnitude of the question to which the l ute di sgrace ful Expedition. • --------,—, • • he -was about to draw' their attention. - He.-trusted ise T . w ' Qi •ii pm,. A.: A,' 172 TKINS presented himself to the at... The -followingds The manly and dignified answer the inability of "the Speaker- forgotten in tendon of the Livery, but could not obtain a hear e puelished by Lord GRENVILLE's friends; at OXford, j the importance of the. subject- This was' eot a ing. to the gross and contemptible libels which have been party question, he said, in any oilier sense than Mr. WAITIIMAN begged the attention of the Li-. - published against hilts. - as it became -necessary- for the country to j oin in very, who, he trusted , .would be - PO. I dB imp artial '' TO THE MEMBERS OF CONVOCATION. one general party, and signify their . abhorrence of the ellen dignified and independent. . • 'lc During the whole of the present contest, the folly which had redeced therrl to-their present rnise . Mr. .Sheriff ATKINS, after a great deal of Opposie frienVs'of Lord GRENVILLE have stodiously abstain- table situation. The ground op which he stood had , tuns, said, he should be the last man kr, the world ed from every thing which could be thought e ff ene . beetatrod by a Barnard, a Beckford , ' and a Saw to obtrude himself unworthily upon the attention of live ot, disiespedfill. to either - of the other candidates.. bridge; and he:trusted their g re a t and glorious ex urge . . p the , Livery:- He trusted, th erefore, that.ihey would They have been led to adept this ceedutt, not only =lsles mi g ht e the Citizens of London to su - hear before they . condemned., him in their opinion. because it best accorded. with .Lord C. —RENYILLTS port that honour and dignity of character, for which wishes and with their own feelings, out because they their ancestors were so generally and scadeservedly• ~T he right of being heard before condemnation be were convinced also, that the honour of the Uniyer- esteemed , . There must be many streams flowing longed to every man ; end he hoped Gentlemen' would not rob - him of, that which the meanest per- sity, which . is of more importance than, the success ainengst mankind, some of which were corrupt; son present claimed as,- his undisputed prerogative: of ' any Candidate, especially required, it. At the but he' trusted ther e was still a current of honesty same time' they are ready to profess their belief, th at and patriotism in the hearts of men, which • would ' . All , he deSired was a fair heitring j and wliatevet among bunottrable men, such con duct gave them the spread through the empire, give a death blow to col:- might be the opinion of the Hall, he would hear. , ruption, and effed the resurrection of that honest spi- u with s the.humblest deference, should ther be so fairest . . pi ospea 'of success.." :. . Their leading principle of action has been ea; tit wltich had 'so long lain dormant. 'He was not desi- faaindulgen . . He reposed sell upon.their line partiality with the utmost confidence , and augured . rows to enter into a lone detail of the sad reverses and appeal ' individually to the good sen s e and unbiassed . 0 . favourably of, their judgment. No man, he hoped, calamities that had befallen this country during the • ` jedgmenta of those, - who may from their education last few years, and Which was now to than the Sub- would p suppose that he was attached to any particular be -expeCtecl to abnor vulgar calumny, and to be su , ;ea for discussion ; God knew, he would, experience • arty, from motives unworthy an independent and • perior to vulgar prejudice; and whenever a More much more heartfelt satisfatiion in being able to honourable man. He challenged the world to say public appeal has been made, it has been extorted p ,b_ • cong ratulate his Majesty on the success of his arms, that he was ever guilty of any dereliction of those from them by the necessity of refuting charges i than in lamenting the tragical disasters which laid principles he had alwayaprofessed, or ever shrunk licly advanced, or of stopping the circulation of di • befallen them. The sad story ofCintra, and theme- . - from the legitimate exercise of his duties es e'Meene reef falsebOod. • In ail these proceedings they have ' lancholy events in Spain, were not sufficient : to fill' ber of rarisement. .If Gentlemen would only look never gone beyond the line of strict detence . ... The y to his vote in the House of Com Mons, when a great the cup - of misery ; but the bitter dregs had; - have never forgotten what was due to the high chi- up and i,_ public delinquent was to be brought to justice tarter of the Not)letnan whose cause they 'espoused, 1 yet - to . be increased ey the late disgraceful and rd Melville), they would find him not unworthy- ' • io the dwility of that station which he is desirous of : ill-planned Expedition to Welcheren, which drew A L '. ei of their confidence ; and he would now declare, filling, to the curninou credit and fair fame of the ; on this devoted Country the contempt a all Eli— that as long as ever heheld a seat in that - House, he University, and to the established usages of former i roe That That Expeditioa, so . universally . depree , would exercise hi‘ privilege of voting, to the best times. .. . . . 1 cated , . instead of being promptly .employed •in sailing , •of firs judgment and understatding, for the benefit- of - " But altbaugle, in adhering to this Principle, their rendering , aid where most required, was ste.adineSs has remained unshaken, yet their patience ! about the Roads of Margate, coinininded by a Ca- hi s f a llen countrymen. 'As Gentlemen seemed'dis- _ hear lii - n withpatience, he would posed to . proceed • has not been. untried, The provocation to de- i hinet Minister, whose colleagues remained' at home- to state the grounds upon which his recent condott part froin it has been frequent, deliberate, .and syS 7 ! brooding on the folly of - their measures. If any in the Common' Council was founded... In the first , ternatid. •• Not only have libels of the meanest sort : thing could tend -towards weakening the arms of b e en disseminated by. secret agents, but the Pablie ! the p eo p le in the da y of trial, surely it must. be such place, he must beg leave to deny the assertion, that tlt ) e Parliament of Great , Britain had.no controul over i Prints have been paid to insert article s, the ob j ect of I conduct as this. He trusted, however, the coentry, 1 ti e.Executive Government of the Country, and the , 1- which is to 'misrepresent Lord GRENVILLE in the• i would not suffer itself to be thus weakened at home, abroad; and that one disbursements of its finances. The fad he had rile eyes of the world, and to vilify those who su pp ort ; if her armies were. desiroyed ready . mentioned, namely, the case of Lord Mel sounding voice from the ariny, the navy, and every him ; and - there is reason to apprehend that this prac- S i. subject of the kingdom - would echo in one eerieral- vale, was sufficient to chew the fallacy of thit as-- e. lice has received the sanction of those who ought to _clamour ' for inquiry.' The, people were fold teat sertion.- There might he other - instances, which have employed their influence in preventing or supproved the contrary of what lie contended ; but he , • , there was one central organ of inquiry , the House of pressing it. • I , Commons.would not take mere s assertion against the well " From the various forms which these libe ls have No man was less inclined th a n him known • and' established praaice adopted by Pasha.... to blame the, H ouse ' of, Commons without a jest assumed, and from the industry with which they are ;meat, when any gross abuses existed hi the Go cause i but he woad ask the Liveryaien . to look to . spread abroad, it may be thought by many who are ; vernme . nt of the Country. Before he would assent the condo of that Assembly; and then judge whee inexperienced in such ways, that they flow from thethe. justice of the assertion, ere must haveinstaneed ~ spontaneous feelings of men unconneaed, and rode - titer there was or was not a just ground of complaint . Ito su_ch -ads as were in' violation of that doctrine. pendent of each other. Bute hey all boar. the same What then was the result of the motion 'for inquiry 1 - , S everal voices cried,' Lord Castlereagh for one). stamp. And they may all See referred, as many ot into the business of Cintra?..-Was there any thing , He could not but admit that the conduct of that them have been actually traced, to the same source. , more inconsistent with the rights and privileges of . Noble Lord. was unworthy of a public man, and he It may be necessary, for the ,sake of those whose the people ? Then with respect to the inquiry into only wished - that the House of Commons was cones votes are - yet undetermined, to warn them of these those disgraceful - and corrupt praaices of bartering for places and patronage, what was the resu lt ' of ' strutted in conformity to the opinion Of - excellence praalces. Among the supporters of Lord ELDON, • ' formed by the worthy Gentlemen Wheal he ed it should seem, by their 'language, that there are that inquiry ?—A verdict of innocence ! But not - withstanding this, ' could the world have any : ;dressed. To speak _ to the question, he must say, some, who are not scemueh aquated by attachment. Othek opinion of the Noble Lord .that he was - not the man who would subscribe to to him, as by hostility to Lord GRENVILLE. - '- who was 'sot the doctrine so - repeated urged, that the country • " The motives which are assigttesi 101 - this hosti- peedharly connected in that affair than. t h a t . he 'a . IL:iron •to his country ? ' Could the people- was in - a deplorable sieuation, lily are the same.which have often been successfu wee lly Mr. QUIN came forward, and emnplOYCd to mislead and inflame the populace ;, but then look to their rep representatives in P ar li ame n t , begge d t h e .atten. which, it is hoped, will poSsess bat little in fl uence for redress ? it i was impossible; their condud had tion of the Livery to the few words he 'should say with liberal and eitligiitemed minds, .There is not hitherto been conspicuotis only for venality, and in e ► upon the subject.. The first great object for their an individual in the kingdom who has. evinced a stead of being the advocates -for, they ',were the . consideration , in his opinion,, was the series of Ke an uniform and ardent attachment' to the Este- . enemies 'to their country's rights. - He did . hope, solutions' just read.' To every syllable of the - first blished Chtirch than that Nobleman : there - is none l hoWever, that there was yet a : remedy, and the rising " lie could not bet,give his most unqualified assent; who has shewn himself more anxious to preserve its spirit of the City would ;well. 'the destrattiorn i and the only objection he had to those that followed, rights, and to previde for its security : and it can I which- threatened the British Empire, • ' History • was, that-they did not express, in terms suf fi ciently , scarcely be believed, that even his enemies entertain was replete with instances of the beneficial etfeas strong, the present deplorable state of the country- at heart the opinions concerning hitu Which they of the exertion of that spirit. What averted the He was not at all 'serprized at the hostility shewn to seek to propagate. • threatening evils of the House of Stuart but the Gentleman who only half-addressed them last, 7, Whatever then may be the-issue of the present , the spirit manifested by the City of London ? when lie considered the motives which must - have contest, the remembrance of these unworthy ads —ln the question of General WarrantsalSoahe spi- operated ou the minds of Gentlemen in so doing.--•. will bring , their proper punishment to those. who I rit of the Citizens of London was again victorious. Doubtless the Livery. could not be ignorant of the used them. .Their effe& must naturally be to em- When he looked towards • that figure (the Sta.- proceedings which took place in the Coure - of Coale bitter defeat, and to diminish the 'satisfaction re- tue ,of Becklord), he could almost' fenny he saw mon Council, s upop the. subject of .an -Address pro suiting from success : while those who have honestly him weep over the misfortunes -of his "coun- posed and carried by a Worthy Member of the Cor.. - pursued the right course, and. who have dreaded try, and call', on the Livery of London to pull aeration, and the subsequent motion of the Worthy • disgrace more t h an fa il ure will retire from the con- down his statue, and for ever blot his memory from Sheriff,. in ordereto have that Address re-considered, test with sentiments of, mutual respett, whether de- their recolledion, or rise with one,unanimous Spirit and another substituted in its stead, contrary toed! feared or viaorious : and however different their oh: and emulate the greatness of their ancestors: To the established orders and forms of the Court. -- jests of pursuit may have been; they will equally' -this he anxiously exhorted theme they were fight - W ith respea s to the fi rst Address, as far as he was ing• for the interests of their forefat hers,' and for acqueinted With its tuerits, he could not help de enjoy the conscious recollettion, that they have la- the iudependence of the British Crown, which must , daring, that it was couched in terms of firmness ; bunted, by fair and upright means, in no ignoble cause, and . that they have in no instance swerved Perish in the eyes of Europe, if guided by the and at the same time in language of respetea to the from the path of honour." present • pusillanimous and contemptible Counse - Sovereign, highly becoming the Corporation of Lore " Brazen Nose, Dec. tz, :8o9." tors, and not upheld by the free and united voices - don. He saw no reason whatever for its re-consi of the people of England. He could , not but i deration. It might be said, to be sures that it was ). join in the general deprecation of the conduct of carried only by a single vote. That might be per- Ministers, and the-folly and impolicy of th e ir mea- j fealy true ; but surely it did not, in any degree, sures. From their -hands nothing could reason-- ' lessen the -solemnity of the decision, or the complete ably he ' .expelled but final ruin and degrade,. and 'full concurrenceto its propriety, The impeach tion. .It became necessary, therefore, that the peo- ment of Lord-Melville was carried upon the deciiion pie should unite in one common cause ) be aattared i of a casting voice, and followed up to the bar of by a spirit of harmony, and use one -general exertion I the House of Lords with the same regularity as if and honest struggle to relieve themselves from t h e the decision bad Beets made by a numerous majority.